Stella & Rose's Books

RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1818419
Published by Daily Express. 1941. Poor condition.

The last hardcover annual to be published during the war years and widely considered to be the best Rupert annual ever. Front cover shows Rupert holding a paddle and waving while Algy looks on from a little boat. First story Rupert and the Red Egg. 118 pages. Backstrip missing. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Boards a little grubby. Name in belongs to box. Front joint split but binding thread holding. Some hinges pulled. Page 15/16 detached but present. Foxing and browning throughout. A few pages have a tear to lower margin, sometimes affecting text.

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THE BABY'S BOUQUET
Written by Lucy Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1818416
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1878. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Square format. Decorated endpapers. Printed in colours by Edmund Evans. "A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes and Tunes". Companion volume to "The Baby's Opera". Corners worn, boards a little browned. Cloth spine is fraying and has a couple of small pinholes to lower rear edge. Front joint split but binding thread holding. Contemporary gift inscription in ink to half-title page. Hinges pulled. A few margin marks.

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FULL STEAM AHEAD: HOW THE RAILWAYS MADE BRITAIN
Written by Peter Ginn; Ruth Goodman.
Stock no. 1818412
Published by William Collins. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Based on a BBC Two Programme. How the world we live in today was entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780008194314.

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CELTIC WARRIORS 400BC - 1600AD
Written by Tim Newark. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1818411
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The heroic story of two thousand years of Celtic warfare from four centuries before Christ to the 16th Century. Colour illlustrations. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0713716908.

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LOCOSPOTTERS ANNUAL 1971
Written by Cecil J. Allen.
Stock no. 1818405
Published by Ian Allan. 1971. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 071100160X. Boards a little grubby, small bump to top edge of front board. Faint foxing to prelims.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE, THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON AND GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Written by Daniel Defoe; J.R. Wyss; Jonathan Swift. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1318464
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Retold For Little Folk. Pictorial front board showing ship on rough sea. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers are edge worn. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Front joint has been repaired but free-endpaper is missing. Foxing to some pages and to textblock.

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'ASK MAMMA'
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by John Leech.
Stock no. 1818393
Published by Bradbury & Evans. 1st 1858. Good condition.

Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 13 Hand-coloured steel engravings, b/w wood engravings. 412 pages. Re-backed with original spine laid down and new endpapers. Board edges worn, boards grubby. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates present. Binding worn but tight. A few grubby marks throughout.

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MOUNT AND MAN
Written by M.F. McTaggart. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards.
Stock no. 1818392
Published by Country Life. 2nd 1927. Very good condition.

A Key to Better Horsemanship. Second, revised edition. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. 26 b/w plates. Spine heavily faded but gilt still bright. Endpapers browned and a few foxspots to contents.

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COWBOY SAM AND MISS LILY
Written by Edna Walker Chandler. Illustrated by Jack Merryweather.
Stock no. 1318454
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd.. 1st 1963. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. A few marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is grubby with slight loss to top and tail of spine. Light musty smell to contents.

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COWBOY SAM AND DANDY
Written by Edna Walker Chandler. Illustrated by Jack Merryweather.
Stock no. 1318449
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd.. 1st 1963. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, colour pictures. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Contents are a little grubby and have a light musty smell. Dustwrapper is grubby, ink mark to title list on rear panel and some slight loss to spine and corners.

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MYSTERY SHIPS (TRAPPING THE "U" BOAT)
Written by Alfred Noyes.
Stock no. 1818383
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth boards, black titles. 181 pages. Cloth spine split along front edges and also to lower half of title to spine. Boards a little marked and stained. Front joint split at bottom but still tight. A few marks to contents.

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1812 NAPOLEON IN MOSCOW
Written by Paul Britten Austin.
Stock no. 1818382
Published by Greenhill Books; Stackpole Books. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 264 pages. ISBN: 1853671959.

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